The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Last Friday evening both the Col
umbian and Parthenon literary So
cieties elected their representatives
for the contest of one hundred dol
lars on next commencement The
Columbian contestants are as fol-
lows: H. G.. Stoetzer, debate; U. S.
G. Pitzer, grafton; Frank Snider, es-
say; E. w. Stifel, defamation.
Parthenons: j. Z. Brown, debate
ID. L. Jamison, grafton; l.. J. Corb-
ley, Essay; J. f. Dawson, declama-
ton. Stoezer, Snider and Stifel
were victorious in the last contest
Brown and Jamison have also before
been on contests. The two societies
have selected the men when they
think will bring to them the banner
of victory, The Parthenons enter
this contest, spureds by defeat, to
regain their reputation; while the
Columbians, flushed with success,
will attempt to hold their laurels.
1t promises to be the most interest
ing OF all the contests. Both socie-
ties will strain every nerve to win.
A student, after reading in a pa
per that 155 of 1913 colleges used the
Roman method of pronunciation,
l44 the English. and "a the Cont
mental, asked his room mate what
method they used here. Mixed"
was the sober, honest reply.
Doc. is kept so busy summoning
students to appear before the faculty
that he does not even have time to
dust off the seats in chapel. We
really think there ought to be some
one hired to do this, as students
don't wish to use their clothes as
busting rags.
Persons who doubt that nature
abhors vacuum should see stu
dent eat.
The cadet corps is going to order
white belts.
Where are the students whose av-
erage fell below six.
Where is that rule the faculty
passed the 25th day of September,
1882
There is at present a rush by the
Columbians for dirks, billies, revol-
vers, slungshots, coats of mail, and
some are even beating their fathers
ploughshares into swords.
Some one has suggested that
Hartmeyer get base ball mask.
Artillery drill this week from to
5 o'clock.
Helmick is taking postgraduate
course in wire pulling, but failed to
pass.
The seniors will be turned loose
December 2lst.
A gang of red men are going to
mob few boys from Preston and
Ohio counties.
Ought Hartmeyer to be impeach-
edp
They do say that Crawford did
tangle the witnesses.
Though the youngest member of
the faculty and one of the least ex-
perienced of the same, Prof. Ed.
Elliott, in the performance of the
duties devolving upon him, as in
structor in Latin and Greek, has es-
tablished an enviable record. Unas-
Stunning and pleasant, polished and
thoroughly versed in the branches
he teaches, he goes on in the even
tenor of his way, admired and re-
spected by the students and citizens.
Why do not the Board of Regents
add another school to the Univer-
sity course for the training of detec-
tives2 A more proficient and skill
full instructor in this useful art
could not be found than our venera-
Bile President. He clearly demon
strated his powers in this field by
the astuteness with which he ferret
ed out dark secret the other day.
1t happened somewhat as follows:
The arrival of the regular supply
of stationery has been anxiously
awaited by both Professor and stu
dent for some days. On last Friday
a box, supposed to contain station
cry, was deposited on one OF the col
lege porticos. When in the after
noon, the President went to "tap''
the box, 10! it was gone--disappear-
ed in broad daylight. The Presi
dent, not to be outwitted, proceeded
on the true detective style: He col
lected all the clues and knowledge
on the subject possible, kept his de-
signs and suspicious to himself and
put about at once to work up case,
which necessitated the interruption
of classes, the examining of class
rolls, the employment of officers, etc.
Imagine the dampening of ardor
when it was incidentally learned
that the box belonged to the Profes-
sor of Chemistry and Physics, and
that he had innocently conveyed it
to his room when no one happened
to be about. 1t was Shakespeare
who wrote "Much ado about moth